Queen B

The Queen B line runs from a 2012 debut through eleven releases, and its identity has held remarkably steady across that span: heavier heads, decorative finishes, and a face milling pattern the maker treats as the series' signature. The 2012 Queen B is verified on record as offering heavier head styles in unique decorative finishes, and that combination, weight and finish, remains the throughline more than a decade later. By 2019, the Queen B Series added specificity: a 362 gram head, Micro Honeycomb face milling, a deep-etched corded Tiffany blue grip, and a Soft Carbon body, all credited to designer Robert Bettinardi on the maker's page.

The 2023-2024 era brought the line's naming into its more elaborate phase, with releases like the 2023-2024 Queen B Series and the parallel Queen B Series (2023-2024) both listing a four-model lineup, Caramel Copper PVD finish, and Mini Honeycomb™ face milling per the maker's page. Bettinardi's own site called it favored by all golfers for its glamorous finish, elegant contours, and heavier head weights. Worldwidegolfshops.com's coverage of the 2023 Queen B echoed the heavier-than-Studio-Stock head weight and framed the honeycombed face as added softness atop a putter traditionally recognized for firmer feel at impact, while putterzone.com's reviews of the Queen B 6 and Queen B Model II both flagged the same tension reviewers kept circling back to: praise for a cashmere bronze finish and crisp, soft feel, set against criticism that paintfill on the face could be sharper and looked blurred or blobby at smaller sizes.

The 2025-2026 generation shifted the palette again, to Royal Rose PVD, a custom deep ocean blue Lamkin grip, and a stated 362 gram head, with the maker's page describing the center of gravity as enhanced to align with the natural alignment of the putter. Bettinardi's own copy for the 2025-2026 series stated the Queen B series continues to feature Bettinardi's most iconic and trademarked face milling, Mini Honeycomb, and CEO Bob Bettinardi called the redesigned series a true testament to our commitment to innovation and craftsmanship. Reviewers split on the execution: pluggedingolf.com's take on the Bettinardi Queen B 16 praised superb feel and forgiveness on par with standard anser-style putters, but criticized an aesthetic contrast between softened bumpers and blocky shoulders, and flagged the head weight as unusual and heavy against the average blade. Golfmonthly.com likewise noted heavier head weights on the Queen B Series 2025, while thehackersparadise.com's mixed take on the Queen B 6 admitted some Queen Bs, rolled blind, felt soft enough to pass for insert putters.

Across thirteen years and eleven releases, the Queen B name has stayed attached to the same basic promise, decorative finish, honeycomb milling, and a heavier head than Bettinardi's standard lines, while the finishes themselves have cycled through cashmere bronze, caramel copper, and royal rose, and the opinions on feel and looks have never fully settled.